Battle of Canton (May 1841)

Second Battle of Canton
Part of the First Opium War

The British sailing towards the besieged city on 24 May
Date21–30 May 1841
Location
Result British victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Hugh Gough Yishan
Yang Fang
Strength
6,000[A]
2 steamers
7 other ships
45,000[B]
4 forts
Casualties and losses
15 killed
112 wounded
1,000 killed
3,000 wounded
4 forts captured[1][nb 1]
Casualties source:[2]
  1. ^ The Qing acknowledged that 500 Tartar (Manchu) troops were killed and 1,500 wounded on 25 May.

The Second Battle of Canton (Chinese: 第二次廣州之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong province, China, in May 1841 during the First Opium War.

  1. ^ Examiner: A Weekly Paper on Politics, Literature, Music and the Fine Arts. 1841. 1841. p. 650.
  2. ^ MacPherson 1843, pp. 312, 315